Well, I
suppose its time for another blog update.
As I enter
the Christmas period, I find myself in a better place emotionally,
but in a bit of a lull creatively. I'm doing better at managing
myself, and have more going on socially, so I've been less likely to
go on tangents or set myself artificial targets. By around this point
last year I had a significant backlog, but not so much this time.
I've actually been scrapping articles on the grounds they weren't
interesting to me or necessarily helpful things to write. This has
manifested on the blog with the recent return of
Transformers articles, and the declining frequency of
Gunpla. With the
Transformers, there was a bunch of stuff rattling around in my brain,
which wasn't really expressible while I sold them as a business. This
is in stark contrast to my disinterest with the current crop of
Transformers, which is so G1 obsessed currently I find myself
frustrated. What Transformers writing has made it onto the site so far has
been the positive articles. With the gunpla, I think I've just grown
a bit bored, or that interest has been met by my recently-concluded
Mecha Hack campaign. I'm a quite passable gunpla builder, but I think
I've gone as far as I can without spending serious money, and
nothing is grabbing me just now. So, I don't currently have a steady
stream of blog material. At time of writing, I'm running
approximately 3 weeks ahead of myself, and I suppose with holidays
coming up, that will be maintained. I have however been in two minds
about continuing. I can't say I do this for the page views, and nor
should I tie my self-worth to that metric. This is only a regular
creative outlet, providing some welcome structure to my life, and
there may yet come a point where it no-longer serves a purpose.
That said,
let's talk about some positives. The recent scratchbuild projects have
been most enjoyable, and I am currently prepping for another. My
Mecha Hack Campaign was a joy, and I expect to have some spin-off
articles from that experience. I'm brainstorming some ideas for a
sequel campaign, so I expect to have something substantive for
posting. Not everything fits my group, but I'm loathe to dump a good
idea.
This all
assumes that I don't just skiv off to play Super Robot Wars 30
instead, while claiming its research.
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